Guide



W. K. JOHNSON GUIDE Filed April 16, 1924 A'ITORNEY Patented Dec. 9, 1924-. l

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM K. J OHNSDN, 01" WICHITA, KANSAS.

GUIDE.

Application filed April 18, 1924. Serial No. 706,975.

To all whom it may concern: sewing machine with the notch 5 arranged Be it known that 1, WILLIAM K. doiiivadjacent the needle, and embroidery floss son. a citizaen of the United States, residing or braid is threaded through the device by at lVichita, in the county of Sedgwick and passing it under the finger 6 and through 5 State of Kansas, have invented new and the notches 5 and 7, the floss will be guided useful improvements in Guides, of which under the needle so that the needle will the following is a specification. pass through it and thus stitch the floss or This invention relates to an attachment braid to a piece of goods. The needle for a sewing machine, the general object of should be threaded with the thread of the 10 the invention being to provide a guide for same color as the floss or braid. The macngaging the foot part of the machine. and teriai to be embroidered is placed under the arranged to guide the embroidery floss or foot of the sewing machine the same as for bra-id to the needle of the machine so that ordinary sewing and the lines of the the floss or braid can be stitched to a piece stamped pattern are followed the same as 15 of goods. for any other embroidery work. The device This invention also consi ts in certain is held in place by friction of the looped other features of construction and in the part on the prong of the fork. combination and arrangement of the several It is thought from the foregoing descripparts, to be hereinafter fully described, iltion that the advantages and novel features 0 lustrated in the accompanying drawings of my invention will be readily apparent.

and specifically pointed out in the appended I desire it to be understood that I may claims. make changes in the construction and in in describing my invention in detail, the combination and arrangement of the reference will be had to the accon'ipanying several parts, provided that such changes 25 drawings wherein like characters denote fall Within the scope of the appended like or correspondlng parts throughout the claims. several views, and in which 2- W hat I claim 1s:

Figure l is a view showing the device in 1. An attachment for sewing machines comprising a plate provided with oppol 2 is a perspective view of the sitely disposed substantially t -shaped notches with their axis parallel to the line Figure 3 is a bottom view thereof. of feed, said plate having a looped part in these views, 1 indicates the foot of the for engaging a prong of the foot of the sewing machine and 2 the needle thereof. sewing machine, and guiding means arlhe guide is shown at 3 and consists of a ranged in advance of the V-shaped notched plate having an extension 4 at one side portions and parallel. to the line of feed thereof which is bent to form a loop to whereby a material passing through is autoengage the left hand fork of the foot. The matically centered with respect to the plate is provided with a substantially needle.

40 V-shaped notch 5 at one end thereof to 2. An attachment for sewing machines permit the passage of the needle and its comprising a plate provided with oppoother end is provided with a substantially sitely disposed substantially V-shaped inverted ii-shaped bent finger 6 and a subnotches with their axis parallel to the line slantially V-shaped notch '4" which act to of feed, said plate having a looped part guide the floss to the notch 5 and under the for engaging a prong of the foot of the sewneedle. The substantially ll-shaped notches ing machine, and an inverted substantially are oppositely disposed with their axis f-shaped finger arranged in advance of the parallel with the line of feed and together ti-shaped notched portions whereby a matewith the finger 6 which is disposed in adrial passing through is automatically cen- 0 Vance of the notched portion as shown, protered with respect to the needle.

vide an adequate guide, the use of which In testimony whereof I afiiX my signawill be presently described. ture.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the device is placed on the foot of a WILLIAM K. JOHNSON. 

